Comments on: How federal tax incentives could help stem rampant data breaches http://lastwatchdog.com/federal-tax-incentives-stem-rampant-data-breaches/ on Internet security by Byron Acohido Sat, 19 May 2012 12:59:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Bob Pollock, CEO http://lastwatchdog.com/federal-tax-incentives-stem-rampant-data-breaches/#comment-849 Bob Pollock, CEO Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:16:46 +0000 http://lastwatchdog.com/?p=3157#comment-849 Patricia: sorry for the typos: it's continuump@gmail.com or call me directly: 917-497-5523 Patricia: sorry for the typos: it’s continuump@gmail.com or call me directly: 917-497-5523

]]> By: Bob Pollock, CEO http://lastwatchdog.com/federal-tax-incentives-stem-rampant-data-breaches/#comment-848 Bob Pollock, CEO Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:13:24 +0000 http://lastwatchdog.com/?p=3157#comment-848 Attn: Patricia Titus, CISO Unisys: The Federal Govt nor private Industry do not deserve tax benefits for their own incompetence over the past 30 years or so. What Executive Mgmt and their BOD's need to focus on are solutions that are permanent. As for the Federal Govt there are solutions such as our US Navy & AF as well as the Canadian Govt, etc. If Unisys is interested in a real STANDARDS based solution please contact me directly: ontinuump@gmail.com. Attn: Patricia Titus, CISO Unisys:

The Federal Govt nor private Industry do not deserve tax benefits for their own incompetence over the past 30 years or so. What Executive Mgmt and their BOD’s need to focus on are solutions that are permanent. As for the Federal Govt there are solutions such as our US Navy & AF as well as the Canadian Govt, etc. If Unisys is interested in a real STANDARDS based solution please contact me directly: ontinuump@gmail.com.

]]> By: Amichai Shulman http://lastwatchdog.com/federal-tax-incentives-stem-rampant-data-breaches/#comment-846 Amichai Shulman Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:40:31 +0000 http://lastwatchdog.com/?p=3157#comment-846 At a first glance it looks like a sensible idea. Very similar in essence to the basic idea behind PCI-DSS: be secure pay less commission. However, I don’t think that we have seen throughout the years many successful attempts by governments to promote technology through tax benefits. For example, I don’t think that recycling and green technologies are gaining momentum due to favorable taxation. I think that in reality it will be very hard to tie up the tax benefit to real security value. What will happen is that we will have additional governmental expenses allocated to executing this plan which will eventually allow large organizations to get tax refunds for as large a part of their IT spending that they can make look like “security related” (e.g. 25% of the time of each IT employee is dedicated to security). - Amichai At a first glance it looks like a sensible idea. Very similar in essence to the basic idea behind PCI-DSS: be secure pay less commission. However, I don’t think that we have seen throughout the years many successful attempts by governments to promote technology through tax benefits. For example, I don’t think that recycling and green technologies are gaining momentum due to favorable taxation. I think that in reality it will be very hard to tie up the tax benefit to real security value. What will happen is that we will have additional governmental expenses allocated to executing this plan which will eventually allow large organizations to get tax refunds for as large a part of their IT spending that they can make look like “security related” (e.g. 25% of the time of each IT employee is dedicated to security).

- Amichai

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